Homebuyer demand

£200bn worth of empty homes sat vacant across Britain’s property market

Research by Barrows and Forrester has found that despite a house price boom driven by heightened buyer demand and a lack of available stock, there is an estimated £200bn worth of property sat vacant across Britain’s housing market - up 2.1% on the previous year alone.

Barrows and Forrester analysed government data on the number of vacant dwellings across each area of the property...

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Homebuyer demand climbs in Q1, although London is still off the pace

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk , has released its latest Homebuyer Demand Hotspots Index of the year, revealing how the market has performed across the UK’s major cities during the first quarter of 2020.

GetAgent’s Hotspots Index is a quarterly look at homebuyer demand levels in each major UK city. The index is based on the number of properties that are already marked...